Abu Bakr "the Slim" (Qaṭin) also known simply as Qaṭin sometimes spelt Qecchin or Katchthcen was a general in the Adal Sultanate under Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi.
[1] Abubaker's sobriquet "Qaṭin" is derived from the Harari term for "thin".
[2][3][4] According to sixteenth century Adal writer Arab Faqīh, he was the Garad of Hubat.
He was from among those renowned for their courage, and among the rare horsemen whose exploits became proverbial.He often accompanied the Malassay during the Ethiopian-Adal War.
[7] Qecchin was a victim to the early Abyssinian invasion of Adal in which his mother was briefly captured at the Battle of Hubat.